Milan on lockdown after coronavirus jump

Italy imposes a virtual lockdown on its wealthiest and most populous region, which includes the financial capital Milan, as part of tough new measures to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

However, at midnight Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte had still not signed off on it, after the leaked draft prompted pushback from the governors of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, another region affected.Leave has been cancelled for all healthcare workers, weddings, funerals and sports events suspended, and home working should be adopted as much as possible.

The epidemic is already weighing hard on Italy’s struggling economy and Rome has pledged to spend 7.5 billion euros to tackle the outbreak and its consequences.The decree instructs citizens to “absolutely avoid” either entering or leaving the areas listed, and even to avoid moving around other than for emergencies or “essential work reasons” within the designated areas.

Deaths due to the highly infectious virus were up 36 to 233, the head of the agency, Angelo Borrelli, told a news conference. Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto represent 85 percent of national cases overall and 92 percent of recorded deaths.

Otherwise, it is likely to spread further, far n wide with more victims. 😥

Damn Milan.

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